Book excerpt: Everyone deserves a second chance… When Shelly Brockman walks into his office, Sheriff Dare Westmoreland can’t believe his eyes… or the way his body responds. It’s been over a decade since Shelly walked away, and he’s never stopped regretting that it was all his fault. But things are about to get a lot more complicated, because she’s here to pick up the troublemaking teenager he’s just arrested… a teen who isn’t only her son, but his as well. When Shelly’s son starts getting into trouble, she knows change is needed. Whisking him away from L.A. and back to her hometown isn’t making him happy… and the gorgeous, all-too-familiar sheriff is in for a rude awakening as well. Despite his fury over her secrets, she knows he’ll help their son, but how can she convince this Westmoreland lawman that she deserves a second chance, too? Originally published in 2003.